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By Chrestink Krapf

Special to the Rappahannock Nem

Rqipahannock County High School's varsity volleyball team found the perfect remedy Tuesday night for back-to-back kisses to non-Bull Run District opponents.

A victory. A bag victory.

“We had a good team effort, especially from our seniors,” Rappahannock County head coach Scott Wilde said after the visiting Lady ftmthers swept Madison County 25-13, 25-15 and 25-14 in a season-opening district match that took just over an hour to play

The win gives the Lady Panthers a 9-2 overall record. They face George Mason tonight and travel Tuesday night to Manassas Rut

“Elvira (Yanez) had a good

TKim (Hutcheson) and Elena (Kritter) had same booming hits. Noel (Johns) played some awesome defense. This got our confidence up. It’s exactly what we needed.

After opening the season with eight consecutive wins, Rappahannock County struggled in matches against Group AA Millbrook and fellow Region B rival Page County

“We were down. We were trying a new lineup last week,” junior hitter Emily Carter said. “So we weren’t so strong”

Millbrook’s sophomore-dominated lineup swept the Lady ftnthers to avenge an eariy-season loss, while Page County stopped Rappahannock County in fere games in a match that lasted more than two hours Thursday night.

“We were trying something new in those matches, and it finalfy worked (against Madison),” Wilde said. “We executed better last night. Now we’ve got the rotation set, and Em happy with the way it in”

Carter pointed out that Madison always has a big crowd for its matches, but the Lady Panthers did not allow themselves to become distracted

“We didn’t let the crowd get into our heeds,” she added “We tried to stay an top the entire

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